LIBRO D'ARTE DEL MUSEO STATALE DELL'ERMITAGE DI SAN PIETROBURGO | 1960

This volume presents a survey of the collections of the Museo Statale dell’Ermitage in St. Petersburg, offering reproductions and descriptions of artworks spanning Western European painting, sculpture and decorative arts. It functions as a museum-catalogue and visual guide, documenting the institution’s holdings at the time and situating them within museum scholarship of the mid-20th century. The book is significant as a reference for the holdings of a major state museum of the Soviet era, reflecting both the historic legacy of Catherine II’s acquisitions and the post-war curatorial practices of the Soviet museum system. While primarily visual, it also offers short texts on provenance, typology and art-historical context, making it a useful tool for researchers in museum studies, art history and Russian cultural heritage.